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Based in Axcan’s office in Houdan France Mr. Nicholas Franco Senior Vice President International Commercial Operations joined Axcan Pharma in July 2007 with responsibility to oversee Axcan’s business outside of North America including international commercial operations and export activities. An important focus of Mr Franco’s activities is to further grow Axcan’s presence outside of North America.
Mr. Franco brings over 20 years of leadership and experience in research marketing sales and business development across several therapeutic areas and geographies. Prior to joining Axcan Mr. Franco was Head of Market Access Region Europe for Novartis Pharma AG in Basel Switzerland a company where he has held various management positions since 1991.
Mr. Franco graduated from McGill University (Canada) where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and a Masters in Business Administration Strategic Planning and Marketing. | 